- I got a lot of bike for the money I spent. I actually tried to order the Airborne Seeker, which is a level down, but they ran out and so I got a great deal on this; $1099 shipped. Kudos to Airborne. Love the Reba, love the drivetrain, geo is good. Starting weight on this bike is good.

- Maybe I just got unlucky, but the stock front wheel didn't hold up too well. After a ride with a pretty long, fast descent through some rocky fire road, the rim was bent. Had it trued up by a shop, but it tacoed a few days later on a pretty minor low speed impact. This was a WTB i19 rim on a generic hub.

- You have to be really strong to run 1x10 gearing in a place with lots of elevation change! Working on this, riding every day and noticing improvement.

- I've had lots of trouble with the Elixir 7's. Besides requiring an annoying amount of maintenance to keep them quiet (sanding the rotors, etc), the pistons just don't want to retract like they should, even after being cleaned and lubed by my local shop. They're OK for now.

If Airborne could stock this bike with even a lower level Shimano hydraulic brake (just going from my bad and somewhat extensive experience with Avid brakes) and almost any folding bead tire (stock wire bead AKA's are just so heavy, not a great choice for a 29er), it would make this bike that much better for the next Goblin. Getting back into biking I'd say this bike, even at full price, is a really good value and would definitely recommend.

Airborne will have to change brakes. Sram is dropping Avids.
Jenson will pricematch Ribbles 10% off deal on Deore M615s. 85.56 for both front and rear.
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Use Jenson for non moto left lever front.

Airborne will have to change brakes. Sram is dropping Avids.
Jenson will pricematch Ribbles 10% off deal on Deore M615s. 85.56 for both front and rear.
Set destination to usa and currency. ends Tuesday. You need to get to 99 for a free ship match.
Use Jenson for non moto left lever front.

Are you serious that SRAM is dropping Avids?
If that were the case then that means there will be a lot more bikes with Shimanos and then some with the new SRAM brakes.

I don't think they're dropping the avid brand, they're still listed on the SRAM site. I think they just launched the Guides under the SRAM brand because avid has such a bad reputation and sram is trying to distance themselves